Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Domestic Violence in Urban Slums, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

C.P. Prakasam, Saritha Nair, Balaiah Donta and Shahina Begum

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Abstract: Domestic violence is identified as a public health problem. It is associated with adverse maternal health. This study examined the prevalence and determinants of domestic violence among women in urban slums of Mumbai, India. The findings showed that domestic violence was prevalent in urban slums. Factors like early marriage, working status, justified wife beating and husbands’ use of alcohol were significantly associated with domestic violence.

Keywords: Domestic violence; husband’s alcohol consumption; unmet need of family planning; urban slums; conomic stress; hierarchical gender relations; lower household income; illiteracy; belonging to lower caste; not having male child; age at marriage; number of living children; women employment and dowry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09
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